“Phoenix” Rises Off Broadway This August

(photo: Harry Fellows via The Broadway Blog)

If you’re looking for a little summer romance with a twist, we’ve got our eyes on a new play opening at the Cherry Lane Theatre. What happens four weeks after a one-night stand? That’s the question tackled by Phoenix, a new play by Scott Organ starring Julia Stiles and James Wirt. A story that travels across 4,000 miles, the play showcases two people tackling the ideas of love and compulsion, forcing them consider a whole new world of possibility, though not one free of difficulty and loss.